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NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Secretariat has sought explanation from Robert Vadra over his remarks on social networking site that led to a controversy in Lok Sabha last week and BJP MP Prahlad Joshi moving a privilege motion against the son in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi . Vadra, in his Facebook post on July 21, had taken a dig at the BJP-led NDA government, without naming it, before the Monsoon session began. The Monsoon session of Parliament started on July 21. "Parliament begins and so do their petty diversionary political tactics...

NEW DELHI: After a week-long washout , Lok Sabha transacted some business today as two bills were introduced and another taken up for consideration even as Congress and some other parties continued their vociferous protests, along with display of placards. The House also saw parties coming together to condemn the attack in Gurdaspur in Punjab this morning and emphasising that all the force should be used against terrorism which still poses threat to the country. Members of Akali Dal, BJP, CPI(M)

HYDERABAD: Union Minister and BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya today accused Congress and its allies of disrupting Parliament and slammed AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi for speaking in support of Yakub Memon, sentenced to death in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Noting that Opposition parties have a responsibility to debate on different issues in Parliament, he said their stand amounted to doing a disservice to the people. The Congress and other parties disrupted Parliament throughout last week over the Lalit Modi and Vyapam issues, in which Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj , Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and her Madhya Pradesh counterpart Shivraj Singh Chouhan are in the dock.

BENGALURU: Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda has slammed the Congress for stalling Parliament for over a week, seeking the resignations of external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, and BJP chief ministers Vasundara Raje Scindia and Shivraj Singh Chouhan. In an exclusive interview to Sowmya Aji of ET, Gowda said by doing this, the Congress was taking away from members like himself the liberty to raise even burning issues like farmers suicides. Gowda will participate in a relay hunger strike at Jantar Mantar from Monday demanding an opportunity to raise issues in Parliament.

By Sushil Kumar NEW DELHI: "First resign, order probe and then discuss what you have to", used to be the baseline for the BJP when in opposition. But now since the party is in power, it refuses to follow its "own tradition" on issues of national importance, says the opposition. Opposition leaders K.C. Tyagi of the Janata Dal, D.Raja of the CPI and Congress general secretary Shakeel Ahmad accuse the Bharatiya Janata Party of trying to save its "tainted" leaders, including External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding the controversy over subsidised food in Parliament canteen, no proposal to raise price is on the cards as the concerned committee insists that such a measure would only hit hard employees and representatives of the media. "Much hue and cry has been made by a certain TV channel which is especially targeting lawmakers despite the fact that MPs are the ones who are using the facility the least," AP Jitender Reddy , Chairman of the Food Management Committee of Parliament, said.

NEW DELHI: Accusing the government of "arrogance and obduracy", Congress today put the onus on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for functioning of Parliament after a near washout of Monsoon Session's first week with opposition adamant on resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and two BJP Chief Ministers. "Culpability and gross abuse of office in helping Lalit Modi , the Indian fugitive, by both Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje are evident.

NEW DELHI: Alleging "political opportunism" behind Rahul Gandhi's tirade against the land bill, Government today hinged hopes on a "consensus" in the Joint Committee of Parliament for passage of the contentious measure and claimed Congress alone is insisting on zero amendment in the 2013 law. In an interview to PTI, Rural Development Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh also stressed that amendments were required in the 2013 law to make it functional as...

LUCKNOW: Rejecting allegations that opposition was not allowing Parliament to function, CPI(M) today said it was the government that was doing so and reminded BJP of the yardstick it used during 2G scam. "If there is anyone which is not allowing Parliament to function, it is this government...BJP had the same position during the 2G scam when the entire winter session 2010 was washed out on similar demand ... we are asking why the BJP is not using the same yardstick when they are in power," CPI(M)

CHENNAI: Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today charged Congress with stalling Parliament over Lalit Modi case and Vyapam as it did not have any other issue and said that this was not in the interest of democracy. Defending External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Vasundhara Raje respectively, he said, BJP had made it 'very clear' that they "are not guilty" of any offences. "Swaraj, embroiled in Lalitgate, "had helped an Indian citizen suffering from cancer ," he told reporters at the airport here on the controversy surrounding her help to former IPL boss Lalit Modi, currently staying in London , acquire travel papers for his wife's medical treatment.